There is a big difference between just looking at things and observing them. You may also be seeing something but mentally you are not there when you are observing something. It helps improve your mindfulness because it encourages you to be present and aware of the details in your daily life. Observation skills refer to the ability to see using all five of your senses to perceive, analyze and recall your surroundings. Take this test and find out how good your observation skills are. In this photo you can see a bathroom. It’s a neatly organized bathroom with lots of toiletries. But, there is also a toy car hidden somewhere. The challenge is finding it. But you only have 6 seconds to find it. So have you found it yet? The car is in the shower area at the bottom left of the image. Hidden among all those shampoo bottles.
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For those who can spot it in 6 seconds, congratulations on your good observation skills. For those who can’t, here’s a chance to improve your observation skills. You can improve them by
- Eliminate distractions – practicing active listening helps you enter a state of flow and minimize distractions.
- Mental exercise – a good way to do this is to play games such as cryptography, logic puzzles, dictionary. It trains your brain and helps you reason out unclear information immediately.
- Other effective techniques to develop your observation skills include looking at pictures and describing them, choosing random objects and looking for them everywhere you go, and trying to make a list of everything in the living room. your.
